Getting IMSEQ

IMSEQ is freely available and its source code is made available under the GPLv2 license. You can obtain binaries and sources for the latest release, IMSEQ 1.1.0, by choosing from one of the following links:

segment-reference.faA file containing the V and J segment sequences for the gene and species that is analyzed. The file must be in FASTA format and the sequence IDs must follow the IMSEQ FASTA ID Specification. Gene segment reference files for the human T-cell receptor alpha and beta chain as well as immunoglobolin heavy, light-kappa and light-lambda genes are provided with IMSEQ.

input-file.fastq.gzOne (single-end sequencing) or two (split paired-end sequencing) FASTA or FASTQ files with the input reads. If two files are specified, the first file is considered to be V-read and the second file the V(D)J-read, if only one file is specified it has to contain V(D)J-reads. V-reads are parsed as forward sequence, V(D)J-reads are parsed as reverse complementary sequence. This behavior can be inversed using the -r switch.

output-file.tsvAn output file where the detailed per-read analysis results are written in TSV format. See the output file specifications for more details.

Further Reading

IMSEQ supports many more options that can adjust its behaviour to many experimental conditions. All options are documented in the Manual. Furthermore, the Tutorial will guide you through some basic analysis of the example files that come with IMSEQ.